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Description:Every evening the Hedgehog and the Bear Cub drink tea with crimson jam and admire the starry sky. But it so happens that the Hedgehog, on his way to visit his friend the Bear, loses his way in the fog...
The film is simple and very philosophical. At first, it seems to consist of nothing but vague images, but what is our whole life but not wandering in the fog? There's almost no story told, but it's all there—friendship and warmth, lyricism, fears and hopes, wanderings and search for something evasive, something all of us long for and almost never get. More than that, it's full of beauty, high-strung and piercing a human heaEvery evening the Hedgehog and the Bear Cub drink tea with crimson jam and admire the starry sky. But it so happens that the Hedgehog, on his way to visit his friend the Bear, loses his way in the fog...

The film is simple and very philosophical. At first, it seems to consist of nothing but vague images, but what is our whole life but not wandering in the fog? There's almost no story told, but it's all there—friendship and warmth, lyricism, fears and hopes, wanderings and search for something evasive, something all of us long for and almost never get. More than that, it's full of beauty, high-strung and piercing a human heart. Beauty is something we all search for, even if we do not admit it...... (more)(less)

"DIR: Yuriy Norshteyn
SUMMARY: A little hedgehog sets out on a journey through the woods to see his friend the bear cub. But as he becomes lost in the fog, he begins to perceive everything around him as a threat.
WHY IT'S HERE: With 'Hedgehog in the Fog' Yuriy Norshteyn made his first masterpiece and one of the most enduring short animations of all time. On paper, the plot sounds similar to other stories in which characters become lost in the woods, such as 'The Wind in the Willows', but 'Hed"